Alan Stubbs insists he is raring to go at St Mirren after an 18-month absence from the game.

The former Hibernian and Rotherham manager has been out of football since 2016 when it all went wrong in a five-month spell in South Yorkshire.

Stubbs had headed to the New York Stadium on the back of a good job with Hibs, where he led them to an historic Scottish Cup win at Hampden, but a run of just one win in charge of the Millers saw him sacked and out of the game.

He has regularly been linked with a move back to Scottish football since, and finally clinched a move after being named as successor to Jack Ross on Friday, and the former Celtic and Everton defender is confident he has waited for the right job.

Alan Stubbs is pictured at McDonalds Community Football Day (Image: SNS)

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Ross oversaw a brilliant campaign for the club last season where they clinched a return to the top-flight of Scottish football having been involved at the foot of the table just a year previous, before moving on to Sunderland.

Chief executive Tony Fitzpatrick has already said that Stubbs could lead the club into the top six, but despite former team-mate Neil Lennon's achievements this year in leading Hibs to fourth place, Stubbs is wary of setting his sights too high.

He said: "We are going to do the best we can, that is the aim we have.

"We are not going to put any figures or numbers on it, we will do the best we can. What position that is, I don't know, but I'm certainly looking up rather than behind me."